Chapter 277: Being a brother-in-law is truly not easy

"Hello, Class Monitor, hello, Uncle. Now... what exactly is going on?" Bai Bufan, who was completely lost, didn't even dare to rub his stomach too vigorously, and asked cautiously.

Chen Yuying: "..."

Honestly, she also found it hard to figure out the current situation.

But today was definitely a happy day.

Yay.

"Yingying, do you three know each other? This person... is a girl?" The woman beside Chen Yuying tugged at Chen Yuying's arm, sized up Bai Bufan, and asked in a low, curious voice.

But Bai Bufan was standing not far from them; once he heard that clearly, he was stunned.

(；o_o)?

What did she mean by him being a girl?

Bai Bufan didn't wait for Chen Yuying to explain; he bypassed the two of them and trotted over to Lin Li.

"Hey, pregnant lady, don't run like that. Don't hurt the fetus in your belly." A warm-hearted pregnant woman in the hallway, empathizing with him, called out to the running Bai Bufan with concern.

Bai Bufan: "?"

"I'm not a pregnant lady! I'm a man! A man!"

Bai Bufan couldn't take it anymore. After shouting his explanation, he ran up to Lin Li, grabbed Lin Li by the collar, and yanked him up, coldly questioning him at the same time:

"Lin Li, what kind of trap have you set for me again? What kind of damn persona am I supposed to be this time?"

He had wanted to curse, but considering there were many pregnant women here, Bai Bufan felt he needed to be a bit more civilized.

When in doubt, question Lin Li first; nine times out of ten, you won't be wrong.

Unfortunately, his empiricism failed him this time. Lin Li rubbed his temples and looked at Chen Zhongping not far away: "You're asking me? I want to ask the Class Monitor's old man myself."

"Dad, what nonsense are you spouting!" Chen Yuying also remembered who the culprit was, raised her hand, slapped Chen Zhongping hard on the back, and said with a hint of annoyance and dissatisfaction.

Chen Zhongping gave a sheepish laugh.

Once he calmed down, he realized that what he had just said was a bit too extreme.

There was no helping it; who told him that the person he saw was Lin Li?

This wasn't just any ordinary punk; it was Lin Li!

The last time he saw this guy, it was when he had kidnapped his daughter to go out and play for a whole day; the time before that, his daughter had kidnapped him to go out and play for nearly four days.

He blamed Lin Li for the former, and he blamed Lin Li even more for the latter—it was simply heinous and beyond description.

Plus, seeing Lin Li sitting at the entrance of the ultrasound clinic without a single adult around, and holding an examination form—clearly not there to accompany family—it was objective and reasonable to assume he had gotten someone pregnant, right?

It was perfectly reasonable.

At most, it had a tiny, tiny bit of subjective emotion added in.

Lin Li also stood up and walked with Bai Bufan toward Chen Yuying and the others.

"Why the hell did you appear clutching your stomach? After the Class Monitor's dad shouted that, you appeared rubbing your stomach, and now everyone thinks you're a pregnant lady I brought here!"

Lin Li, who had already briefly explained the cause and effect to Bai Bufan, lowered his voice and gritted his teeth.

"What the hell? Can you blame me for that?" Bai Bufan's voice was even lower, and he looked somewhat ferocious due to his extreme helplessness. "I was hungry! What I wanted to say was, 'I'm so hungry, when will you be done so we can go eat breakfast!'"

It's normal to rub your stomach when you're hungry, right? Who could have guessed this would be mistaken for being pregnant!

And is there a pregnant lady like me? Do I have that ability? Did you cause this? Are these aunties crazy? Could it really be 'pregnancy brain'?"

Bai Bufan felt he was truly innocent.

"Even an attack helicopter can be considered a gender; who dares to assume you aren't a pregnant lady?" Lin Li sighed.

The two of them had already reached Chen Yuying and the other two, so everyone decided to walk together toward the corridor chairs on the other side of the T-junction.

Continuing to chat here was inappropriate and blocked the way.

"Hello, Uncle. Is this... an auntie?" After greeting Chen Zhongping first, Lin Li glanced at the woman with a slightly visible baby bump, then looked at Chen Yuying to probe.

"Not my mom, it's my aunt," Chen Yuying explained.

"Oh, oh, hello, Aunt." Upon hearing this, Lin Li and Bai Bufan greeted the woman.

'Aunt' meant this woman was Chen Zhongping's younger sister. Since they were already calling Chen Zhongping 'Uncle', calling her 'Auntie' wouldn't be appropriate, so they followed suit and called her 'Aunt'.

"Hello to you both." Chen Shan nodded and asked curiously: "Are you Yingying's classmates?"

"Yes." Lin Li nodded.

"Why are you here?" Chen Yuying asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Lin Li didn't look at Chen Yuying, but instead showed the examination form in his hand to Chen Zhongping, poking at the two characters 'Lin Li':

"Uncle, I'm here for a routine check-up. I'm the one who needs the ultrasound later. I didn't get anyone pregnant, I really didn't."

He read it out clearly and sincerely.

Chen Zhongping: "..."

Why is this kid still being so brazen?

"Ahem, I see. Sorry, I had a bit of a misunderstanding just now." But Chen Zhongping wasn't an unreasonable person, so he apologized immediately.

It was just that, knowing the truth, he felt a bit of regret.

Although he had been very disappointed and angry when he first learned that 'truth', there had indeed been a small surprise—he could finally get rid of this kid!

He had even been prepared to share this good news with Teacher Xue.

You have to know, for a homeroom teacher, a class is like something out of a Chinese horror movie; the only thing they fear more than one person missing from the class is one extra person appearing in the class.

Especially if that person was created by the students of their own class using their own 'skills'—that was even more terrifying. It was truly something that could keep homeroom teachers and school leaders awake all night.

It was a pity that Lin Li had survived.

"Lin Li, are you sick?" Upon hearing this, Chen Yuying's voice was filled with obvious concern.

"No, Bufan and I are just here for a preventative full-body check-up. He might have some illness, but I don't feel any discomfort at all."

"Oh, oh, that's good." Chen Yuying nodded.

Bai Bufan: "?"

Class Monitor, Lin Li just said "he might have some illness," right? And you still said "oh, oh, that's good" without hesitation?

Could you at least ask me with some concern? Even just going through the motions would be fine!

"So, Class Monitor, are you here to accompany your aunt for her prenatal check-up?" Lin Li asked.

"Yeah." Chen Yuying nodded vigorously, then, sensing Lin Li's gaze, she subconsciously began to smooth her hair with her hand.

Since she had left the house so early and it wasn't for the purpose of going out to play, Chen Yuying naturally hadn't put on any makeup, and her clothes were just casually matched.

But now, she felt a tiny bit of regret.

She should have put more effort into it.

"That's quite a coincidence," Lin Li said with a smile. "To be able to meet like this, it seems that 'see you the day after tomorrow' was too conservative."

"Actually, our family comes to this facility for check-ups every year," Chen Yuying said, her voice also carrying a smile. "But being able to meet, it really is quite a coincidence."

Chen Zhongping finally found a way to vent his frustration.

—He coldly exhaled through his nose, feeling satisfied.

Of course, that wasn't all.

What 'every year'? This is the last year! We aren't coming back next year!

Cijian Medical? From now on, our Chen family doesn't welcome you! Go play on the blacklist!

A shop that lets Lin Li in is bad!

Other check-up centers in Nansang that don't let Lin Li in are good!

"Did you invite Bai Bufan?" Chen Yuying looked at Bai Bufan.

"Yes, the entire bill is being paid by Young Master Lin," Bai Bufan answered for Lin Li.

"Then why didn't you tell us?" Chen Yuying tilted her head, pursing her lips and pouting slightly as she looked at Lin Li.

Behind her, Chen Shan rubbed her eyes. Pregnancy really makes one's vision blurry; she had just hallucinated Lin Li reaching out and pinching Bai Bufan's butt.

Ignoring Bai Bufan's "Are you fucking crazy?" look, Lin Li smiled and shrugged his shoulders:

"This kind of thing isn't fun. You have to get up early, and you have to fast and abstain from water—isn't that pure torture? I hadn't planned on calling Bufan either; it was only because he asked me that I mentioned it offhandedly.

And even so, Bufan is regretting it a lot right now."

"It's exactly as Lin Li said." Bai Bufan nodded. "If I had known, I wouldn't have come to suffer this. If I could get a refund, I would have given up this morning. Who knew I'd have to experience the insane scene of being mistaken for a pregnant lady brought by Lin Li?"

*I wanted to come even more because you didn't want to. *

Chen Yuying blinked, but didn't say that out loud.

"I see. But next time you could ask us first. For example, if we run into this kind of coincidence again, wouldn't it be more interesting?" Chen Yuying only said.

"Received." Lin Li brought his index and middle fingers together and brushed them across his temple. "Class Monitor, have you taken your number?"

"No need, we made an appointment, it should be our turn soon," Chen Yuying shook her head, then asked: "What about you, Lin Li?"

"I'm also very curious about the answer to that question." Bai Bufan also followed up.

"Soon. The one I'm queued for is next; it should be about ten minutes," Lin Li explained.

"Oh, then let's wait together."

The seats in the hallway outside were more spacious. Lin Li and Bai Bufan sat on one side, and after hesitating for a moment, Chen Yuying sat opposite them with Chen Zhongping and Chen Shan.

But Lin Li soon discovered that sitting face-to-face seemed a bit awkward.

Especially with that old fogey Chen Zhongping, whose gaze didn't even try to hide anything.

You have to know, now is fundamentally different from National Day.

During National Day, Lin Li was very confident, feeling that Chen Zhongping's malice and wariness toward him were purely nonsense and worrying over nothing; he was upright and didn't fear a crooked shadow!

He would just laugh it off.

But now...

Lin Li felt guilty.

A crooked body can't cast a straight shadow.

Was the malice and wariness actually a sign of long-term vision? No wonder Chen Zhongping could make so much money.

Therefore, Lin Li silently raised his phone to the same height as his face, blocking Chen Zhongping's view.

Chen Zhongping: "..."

Guilty! This kid is feeling guilty, right!

Lin Li felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

But when he opened his phone and saw what was on the screen, Bai Bufan, who was beside him, couldn't hold it in.

"Bai Bufan: What the hell are you looking at?"

"Lin Li: In this place full of vitality, I'm exploring the origin of life and pursuing the meaning of life. What's wrong with that?"

Even though they were sitting right next to each other, the two were chatting on their phones.

"Bai Bufan: Push me one, I need to research too."

Fortunately, the awkward situation didn't last long. After sitting for only a few minutes and checking his phone, Chen Zhongping stood up and said to his sister: "It's our turn."

It must have been the dedicated customer service or the doctor contacting them.

"Okay." Chen Shan nodded and stood up. She didn't need help; she only had a slightly visible baby bump, which didn't really affect her movement.

"I'll wait for you guys here~" But Chen Yuying was still sitting on the bench opposite, looking up at the two and saying, "I have nothing to do if I go in~"

Chen Zhongping: "..."

"Okay, Yingying, go have fun with your classmates. We're leaving, Brother." Just as Chen Zhongping was thinking of a reason to refuse this request, Chen Shan had already nodded with a smile.

She didn't have so many twists and turns in her mind; she just thought it was normal for Chen Yuying to want to chat with her classmates outside instead of going in to wait.

"How about... Shan, you go over by yourself, and I'll wait here for you too?" Chen Zhongping asked tentatively. "Anyway, if I go over, I'll just be waiting for you in the family waiting room, it's the same."

Chen Shan: "?"

Aren't you my brother?

Are these two kids your old classmates too? Do you need to reminisce with them as well?

"Are you my brother? Hmm? Chen Zhongping, speak, are you my brother? Hmm? Answer me!"

Chen Shan widened her eyes, looking at Chen Zhongping in disbelief, and reached out to poke his spine frantically.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go." Chen Zhongping, poked into helplessness, took Chen Shan toward the clinic, but still muttered angrily:

"What kind of crappy husband did you find? He goes on business trips even when you're pregnant. When he was pursuing you, I should have gone up and kicked him! No, two kicks! Not enough, one punch, two punches!

Pursue! I'll let you pursue! Is the girl in our family that easy to pursue? Don't let me find a chance; if I find another chance like this, I'll definitely beat him to death..."

Chen Shan didn't take it seriously at first, but later, hearing Chen Zhongping get more and more excited, she looked at her brother, who had suddenly gone crazy, with a puzzled expression.

Her husband and her brother's relationship wasn't bad; they often drank and chatted together, and even at the beginning, he hadn't obstructed them. Why was there suddenly so much inexplicable malice?

Forget it, whatever.

After Chen Zhongping and Chen Shan disappeared around the corner, Lin Li slowly put down his phone, let out a long sigh, and then said to Chen Yuying:

"Class Monitor, you haven't been subjected to domestic violence, have you? Your dad seems to have a serious tendency toward violence; he's always talking about hitting people and beating them to death. It's quite scary..."

Lin Li was genuinely worried for Chen Shan's husband.

"Not at all, my dad is just talking; he has never laid a hand on anyone in front of me." Chen Yuying comforted him with a smile.

"Then I'm truly relieved for your brother-in-law." Lin Li nodded.

Bai Bufan, who was still admiring the origin of life on the side, glanced at Lin Li.

*It would be best if that old fogey Chen's words were meant for the Class Monitor's brother-in-law, and it would be best if you, kid, were really relieved for the Class Monitor's brother-in-law. *

With no adults around, Bai Bufan turned off his phone screen, patted Lin Li on the shoulder, and excitedly asked the question he had wanted to ask earlier but hadn't found the right time for:

"Lin Li, do you think that when a person is still in their mother's womb, it counts as piloting a mecha?"

Lin Li: "?"

"Are you piloting your mom?"

"Yeah, piloted for ten months."

Since he answered like that, Lin Li couldn't scold him anymore, so he chose to give a thumbs up: "Good for you, yes."

"What are your plans after you finish your check-up?" Chen Yuying, who had been listening to their conversation, smiled first, then asked during a pause.

"We don't have any follow-up plans... I think? Anyway, I'm very sleepy, I'm definitely going back to catch up on sleep." Bai Bufan looked at Lin Li and asked; he had only slept for three hours today, which was completely insufficient.

"Right, just a check-up." Lin Li nodded. "We didn't plan on playing. If we had, I probably would have asked you guys already."

"I see." Chen Yuying nodded.

"Why, Class Monitor, do you have any plans?" Seeing that Chen Yuying didn't have anything further to say, Lin Li asked back.

"No, I was originally going to go to my aunt's house to play for a while after accompanying her for her check-up. It doesn't count as a plan, so I was thinking if you guys had plans, I'd see if I could join you. Since you don't, then never mind." Chen Yuying explained.

Lin Li blinked.

If there were no plans, there could be plans; if Bai Bufan wanted to roll back to sleep, he could just roll back.

But considering that this would mean snatching someone from Chen Zhongping's hands face-to-face, and then going out to play alone afterward, he thought about it and decided to let it go for now.

He was afraid he would be beaten to death by Chen Zhongping before Chen Yuying's brother-in-law.

Although Chen Zhongping had never laid a hand on anyone in front of Chen Yuying, there were plenty of opportunities when she wasn't around.

The WeChat official account popped up a service message at this time; it was Lin Li's turn.

"It's my turn. I'll go get my ultrasound first to see if I'm carrying a boy or a girl." Lin Li stood up and said.

"Class Monitor, are you accompanying Lin Li, or am I?" Bai Bufan asked at this time. "You know, I'm not very good at being alone with girls, so if you're going in, I'll wait outside; if you're waiting here, I'll go in and accompany Lin Li."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuying seemed to fall into thought, extending her index finger to tap her lower lip.

"I'm inclined to have you go in and accompany him, because I'll be more at ease playing on my phone outside," Bai Bufan added quickly.

"Alright then, I'll accompany him." This step wasn't too soft or too hard, and Chen Yuying stepped on it very comfortably.

*Bai Bufan is indeed humanity's best friend, thank you. *

But to be honest, whether she went in or not was really just changing seats to wait for twenty minutes.

It wasn't like the time she had to hold hands with the Lei Dao expert to give Lin Li strength; it wasn't painful, just lying down.

So Lin Li didn't care, just found it a bit funny, and then walked toward the clinic with Chen Yuying.

There were two female doctors inside the clinic; the previous batch of pregnant women had just finished their check-ups, and one doctor was changing the disposable bed sheets and disinfecting.

Lin Li walked to the seat next to the doctor who was sitting down, glanced at the name tag on her chest, and said: "Hello, Dr. Pan."

The doctor who was disinfecting not far away must have been in a good mood today, as she was smiling while disinfecting.

Upon hearing this, Dr. Pan raised her eyes to look at Lin Li, and with a frown that didn't show a good attitude, said: "The family waiting area is over there."

Then she glanced at Chen Yuying behind Lin Li. Seeing how young the two were, and that the girl didn't even look eighteen, her expression toward Lin Li became even more unfriendly:

"You young people nowadays, really..."

Lin Li: "..."

Chen Yuying behind him laughed when she heard this.

"You can still laugh? You don't cherish your own body; you'll have plenty to regret later, really." The doctor glared at Chen Yuying.

*Ying-bao doesn't giggle, she honestly lowers her head and wrings her hands. *

"Dr. Pan, I'm the one getting the check-up. I'm not here for a uterine ultrasound; I'm here for a routine abdominal check-up," Lin Li explained with a grin.

Upon hearing this, the doctor first frowned, looked at the computer next to her, confirmed the name on the examination form, and only after seeing the gender was male did she nod and stand up to walk toward the medical equipment:

"Sorry, I made a mistake. This girl is accompanying you, right? Okay, Jin Li, come over here with me."

Lin Li sat in his seat without moving, until the doctor, who had walked halfway, turned back to urge him:

"Mr. Jin, please come over here?"

"Eh? Are you calling me? I thought you were calling your assistant, Dr. Pan." Lin Li hurriedly stood up upon hearing this, then introduced himself: "Dr. Pan, my name is Lin Li, surname Lin, not Jin."

"Oh—so your surname isn't Jin?"

"That's right."

"Then... who exactly here is surnamed Jin?"

"Who?"

Dr. Pan then smiled, but it was a smile without any warmth, and she used both hands to pinch her name tag and pull it hard toward Lin Li.

There were only two characters on the name tag.

"Jin Lian".

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 278 =====